Responsible for Promo Services (Field Force, Event Activations) Purchasing, Strategic Sourcing, and strategy implementation in Indonesia.
Markets in Scope:
Field Force : Indonesia
Events & Activations : Indonesia
Key Accountabilities:
- Plan and land strategy in scope markets following global portfolio strategies
- Identify and deliver value adding activities to contribute to business and procurement targets. Implementation and tracking of saving projects in SRS tool and delivery of cash through payment term extensions
- Drive Unilever social responsibility agenda
- Engage with business stakeholders across Business Group & Customer Development Team on business needs & plan
- Collaborate with global portfolio team member to take accountability for driving specific business agenda
- Ensure the compliance and governance to stick with procedure and policy
- Day-by-day purchasing operation including PO review/approvals, cataloguing, etc.
- Continuously improve ways of working and optimize activities in promo services portfolio
- Selling ideas to stakeholders to convey value while communicating appropriately
- Vendor management: Identification and initial assessments of suppliers, preparing and managing supplier selection process and working with legal to finalise commercial agreements
- Business engagement: Act as first point of contact for the business to all Agencies procurement related questions. Ensure the satisfaction of Unilever stakeholders with the goods or services provided within your portfolio while ensuring compliancy of business users to procurement policies and contracts.
- Establish valued relationships with stakeholders within and outside of Unilever, including suppliers, CD and Brand business stakeholders, Supplier Operations, Strategy and Insights team and third-party service providers.
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with proven ability to deal with stakeholders internally and externally with diverse culture background.
- Strong negotiation skills, supplier relationship management, analytical skills such as cost analysis, business scenarios, etc.
- Strong influencing skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Accountability & responsibility
- Good written and oral English.
- Proficient computer skills, particularly in Excel and PPT.
- Positive attitude and personality, strong integrity, and good ethics.
- Bias on action while being able to priorities
- Fast learner, able and willing to work in an always changing environment (agile)
- Performance oriented
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Relevant procurement experience - 5 Years of Marketing or Procurement experience
- Leading multiple projects simultaneously and independently
- Unafraid to work with senior stakeholders and key suppliers, supported through excellent communication skills.
- Willingness to work in a virtual team
- Knowledge of Unilever business systems, i.e. Coupa, Ariba, CLM.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint abilities
ESSENTIAL
- Solid work experience in purchasing particularly to strategic sourcing
- Purchasing experience in promo services
- FMCG Company background
- Background in sales or marketing area will be considered a merit.
Not frequently.
Reporting Channel:
Direct report to:
Strategic Sourcing
Manager Promo Services SEAA
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